SHOW A WAITING ATTITUDE! - Adopt a Waiting Attitude

 Conclusion of  Adopt a Waiting Attitude

A waiting attitude helps us not to be discouraged when opposition, sickness, advancing age, or other problems hinder us in Kingdom service.  Jehovah expects us to serve him wholeheartedly.  (Romans 12:1) However, God's Son, who feels "sorry for the lowly one and the poor one," does not demand more than we can reasonably offer; neither does Jehovah.  (Psalm 72:13)   Thus, we are encouraged to do what we can, patiently waiting until circumstances change-either in this system of things or in that which is to come.  Remember: "God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name, in that you have ministered  to the holy ones  and continue ministering." - Hebrews 6:10.

A waiting attitude also helps us to avoid presumptuousness.  Some who have become apostate were unwilling to wait.  They may have felt that there was a need for adjustments, either in Bible understanding or in organizational matters.  Yet, they failed to acknowledge that Jehovah's spirit moves the faithful and discreet slave to make adjustments in His due time, not when we may feel that this is needed.  And any adjustments must be in harmony  with Jehovah's will, not our personal ideas.  Apostates allow a presumptuous attitude to warp their thinking and stumble them.  But if they had adopted the mental attitude of Christ, they could have retained their joy and remained among Jehovah's people. -Philippians 2:5-8.

Of course, maintaining a waiting attitude does not mean being lazy or inactive. We have things to do.  For example, we need to be occupied in personal Bible study and thus show the same keen interests in spiritual things that the faithful prophets and even the angels showed.  Speaking of such interests, Peter says: "Concerning this very salvation a diligent inquiry and a careful search were made by the prophets . . .Into these very things angels are desiring to peer."  (1 Peter 1:10-12)  Not only is personal study a must but so are  regular meeting attendance and prayer.   (James 4:8)  Those who show a waiting awareness o their spiritual need by regularly taking in spiritual food and associating  with fellow Christians demonstrate that they have adopted Christ's attitude. -Matthew 5:3.  

Next time: SHOW A WAITING ATTITUDE! - Have a Realistic View

The Watchtower, 2000

Note: If you have belief, faith, works and follow the commandments and statutes and love God and Jesus wholeheartedly, here is a verse you might want to see. (John 4:20, 21, 24) "Believe me, woman, (speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well) The hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you people  (speaking about all the true Christians)  worship the Father." A material temple would no longer be necessary in the worship of Jehovah, for Jesus explained:  " God is  a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth."   Meaning, God and Jesus are everywhere, not just in a Kingdom Hall or any certain building, but everywhere and we can worship him as the verse says and as my note says. If  you observe any holidays  or  birthdays, that is not  how you  worship God, that is insulting him. If you do not observe holidays or birthdays, then that is serving God wholeheartedly and in truth and spirit and following his statutes and commandments.  The preachers now do not teach the whole Bible.  They skip over  the truth and this is because Satan is telling them  to skip the truth, so as to mislead people.